You can build just about anything out of LEGOs these day if you've got the patience and enough bricks—from 9,000-piece Batcaves to 6-foot-long Battlestars. Here are the ten most awe-inspiring builds from 2011.

Star Wars! Ninjas! Pirates! Aliens! Race cars! Mummies! Castles! Dragons! All made off delicious bricks. Hot off the magical Lego Factory in Billund, Denmark, here are all the Lego sets for the year 2011 in one epic roundup.

What do I love about Lego bricks? The limitless possibilities represented by an unassembled pile. Oh, and specifically when that possibility turns into raw, unadulterated, lumberjacking dragon-powered stop-motion hardcore metal awesomesauce.

The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off into space for the last time in in May, carrying the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer and the ExPRESS Logistics to the ISS. But more importantly, it carried Lego to space for the first time in history. These are the sets.

The Volkswagen Camper Van was originally made in 1962. I wish VW were still making them, because I'd buy one. Instead, I'd have to get this awesome Lego set instead. Watch the video tour to see all the great detail inside.

Want to make this Lego DeLorean BTTF set a reality? Lego is finally crowdsourcing designs with its new Cuusoo platform; it's basically a Lego Kickstarter. Here are our favorite Lego dreams—let's help bring 'em to life.

Say what you will about the rabidness of Star Trek and Star Wars fans, Battlestar Galactica has fans like Gary King who build incredible six-foot-long, hyper-detailed models of obscure ships entirely out of LEGOs.

At a whooping 43,000 bricks, the 8-foot-long and 180-pound Lego Venator Class Star Destroyer could actually kill you without even firing one of its fake turbolaser. It's a stunning creation with only one defect: It's from the prequel trilogy.

Been under a rock? See what else happened this year in our Best of 2011 series.